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Paul A. Obi Taye C. Obateru, University of Jos, Nigeria

Media and Nigeria's Constitutional Democracy

Civic Space, Free Speech, and the Battle for Freedom of the Press

Paul A. Obi, Taye C. Obateru, University of Jos, Nigeria, Sam Amadi , Sam Amadi

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Lexington Books/Fortress Academic
02 February 2023

Media studies; Ethical issues: censorship; Political structures: democracy; Press & journalism

In this edited collection, contributors analyze how the media is navigating Africa's most populous nation, Nigeria, and its mediated democracy. Despite its constitutional role, recognizable as the fourth estate of the realm, the Nigerian media has a history of confronting daunting challenges headlong. This book captures an array of the challenges faced, from British colonialism and military rule to democratic dispensation. Ordinarily, democracy is purposefully streamlined to elevate freedom of expression to an inalienable right and a necessary corollary of democracy. Yet, media freedom in Nigeria has been tortuous and nebulous, and there is a paradoxical difference in how the state relies on the media for partnership while also obstructing accountable journalism that would hold the state and the media itself accountable. The editors provide a poignant outlook of the onerous interactions and dialectics of media and democracy, and the cascading state power. Contributors argue for open democratic deliberations, civic space, and freedom of the press, all rooted in public good. Scholars of journalism, political communication, media studies, and African studies will find this book of particular interest.

Contributions by: Sam Amadi, Joe Babalola Bankole
Edited by: Paul A. Obi, Taye C. Obateru, University of Jos, Nigeria, Sam Amadi
Imprint: Lexington Books/Fortress Academic
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 232mm, Width: 160mm, Spine: 17mm
Weight: 422g
ISBN: 9781666914627
ISBN 10: 1666914622
Pages: 174
Publication Date: 02 February 2023
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Paul Obi is a journalist and research fellow at The Abuja School of Social and Political Thought. Taye C. Obateru is senior lecturer of mass communication at the University of Jos. Sam Amadi is associate professor in the Faculty of Law at Baze University, Abuja.

Reviews for Media and Nigeria's Constitutional Democracy: Civic Space, Free Speech, and the Battle for Freedom of the Press

"""The work explores critical dimensions of freedom and unfreedom, within the context of constitutional democracy, through Nigeria's prism. This is helpful to the expansion of understanding of the increasingly complex concept of liberties, in the spaces and places of democracy; and in the mixed messages of actors within. It is, therefore, a significant entrant into the literature on constitutional democracy, and the shifting question of freedom, which should have otherwise been stable, given the fact that liberty is ideally envisaged in a democracy."" -- Abiodun Adeniyi, Baze University"